Holocaust and WW2 Research Project

By Antho-ny1
  • Dachau opens

    Dachau opens

    Dachau was the first concentration camp that was opened near Berlin, Germany
  • Period: to

    History of the Holocaust

  • Hitler proclaims himself as the Führer und Reichskanzler of Germany

    Führer und Reichskanzler means Leader and Reich Chancellor

  • Nuremburg Laws

    Laws against Jewish people stating that Jewish people could not marry Aryans, fly the German flag, and were no longer considered German citizens.

  • Buchenwald opens

  • Adolf Eichman establishes the Office of Jewish Emigration.

    stationed in Vienna he made this to increase the speed of forced emigration.

  • Germans mark all Jewish passports with a large "J"

    This was don to restrict Jewish emigration to Switzerland following a request from swiss authorities.

  • WWII starts as a result of Germany attacking Poland

  • Concentration camp opened near Auschwitz

  • France surrenders.

  • Germany invades the Soviet Union

  • Babi Yar; 34,000 Jews massacred.

  • Extermination by gas.

    Killing centers start using gas to kill in larger amounts.

  • Jews deported

    The deportation of Jews from Germany, Greece, and Norway to killing centers
  • German 6th army surrenders at Stalingrad

    German 6th army surrenders at Stalingrad

  • Russians liberate Majdanek

    Majdanek was a death camp in Germany
  • Beginning of death marches

    Beginning of death marches

    Death marches were the forcible movement of prisoners in Germany
  • Adolf Hitler commits suicide

    Adolf Hitler commits suicide

  • V-E day

    V-E day

    The Nazi party surrenders and the war comes to a close in Europe